WeadockWords: October...here we come!!

Well, ok, I'll just skip to October and go back to September after Tom fixes my computer. We'll start right out with some soccer pictures. The older 6 kids were able to play soccer this Fall. We put Nathan and Daniel on one team, Peter and Andrew on another with Tom as the coach, and Sarah and Rachel on a third. It worked out really well time-wise because Tom and the girls had practice at the same time; N and D--I took to practice and Tom picked up on the way home from work. The games were all on Saturdays (9am, 10:30, and noon). Most of the 8 Saturdays, we had all 3 time slots--the girls were at 9 and the boys split between the other 2. We had a lot of fun and mostly good weather, though it did get frigid a few times. The first pictures are from a game in October. It was freeeezing. I actually stayed home with Ethan and Haven for the girls' game and then met up at 10:30 for the boys'. The next week it was 70 degrees! Michigan.

Sarah

Rachel--yes, they're on the same team, but if one team is killing the other, or if one team doesn't have enough players, they switch teams to make it more fun!

Rachel, back on the blue team (the jerseys are reversible)

Peter braved the cold and went and watched his sisters!!

Sarah freezing!

Just 4 days later, the kids were outside playing in the leaves with no coats!!

Haven, Sarah, Ethan-goon

Mom and Sarah

Sarah

Haven

Guess who?!?!

Sarah and Ethan

Someone didn't want to do pictures at the start

She finally changed her mind! Rachel and mom (the pictures of Haven and mom didn't turn out well enough to post!)

Three girls!

Meanwhile, the boys were playing football in the street

Andrew

Daniel

Um, Daniel, that's 3 pictures in a row... :)

Nathan

Nathan and Daniel

Andrew

Peter didn't feel like playing football--he usually plays with them. Instead, he chose to 'whittle'!!

Now, Rachel was asking for her picture to be taken! Go figure :)

Ethan, the soldier, policeman with a cape and boots

Don't ask :)

He was fond of his tongue this day!!

Ethan and Haven

Sarah was trying to tell me something and I kept taking picture after picture of her! She thought I was weird, but I love how the pictures turned out :)